The peopling of the Caucasus : early human settlement at the crossroads of continents / Aram Yardumian, Theodore G. Schurr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yardumian, Aram, author.

Schurr, Theodore G. (Theodore George), 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human settlements--Caucasus.

Human settlements.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Caucasus.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.

Ethnology--Caucasus.

Ethnology.

Anthropological linguistics--Caucasus.

Anthropological linguistics.

Biomolecular archaeology--Caucasus.

Biomolecular archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Caucasus.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Genetic genealogy.

DNA--Testing.

DNA.

Caucasus--Antiquities.

Caucasus.

Caucasus--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the Caucasus region has played a critical role in the dissemination of languages, ideas, and cultures since prehistoric times. In this study, Aram Yardumian and Theodore Schurr explore the dispersal of human groups in the Caucasus beginning in the Palaeolithic period. Using evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and anthropological genetics, they trace changes in settlement patterns, cultural practices, and genetic variation. Highlighting the region's ecological diversity, natural resources, and agricultural productivity, Yardumian and Schurr reconstruct the timings and likely migration routes for human settlement following the Last Glacial Maximum, as well as the possible connections to regional economies for these expansions. Based on analysis of archaeological site reports, linguistic relationships, and genetic data previously published separately and in different languages, their synthesis of the most up to date evidence opens new vistas into the chronology and human dynamics of the Caucasus' prehistory.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

List of figures

List of tables

List of captions

Abbreviations

Prolegomenon

Geography and ecology

Paleoanthropology

Modern human entry into the Caucasus

Neolithic revolution

The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age

Linguistic diversity in the Caucasus

Genetic history of the Caucasus

A synthetic view of the peopling of the Caucasus

Further research into the peopling of the Caucasus studies

Glossary

Works cited

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781009520249

1009520245

9781009520218

1009520210

9781009520201

1009520202